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Old 07-06-2009, 01:06 AM   #1
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Question ax 10 tube chassis

i have a ax 10 and i would like to put it over to a tube chassis what is a good working and a good looking chassis also one that is not stupid expensive

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Old 07-06-2009, 01:16 AM   #2
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build your own. Mine cost about $30 total when i was done. You can buy some for under $100, and just swap everything over, but i personally like the challenge of building it, and figuring out measurements and angles for your suspension. Just my opinion.
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Pretty nice buggy Tank. If you're not that skilled get a TCS Eclipse. Looks pretty cool.
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build your own. Mine cost about $30 total when i was done. You can buy some for under $100, and just swap everything over, but i personally like the challenge of building it, and figuring out measurements and angles for your suspension. Just my opinion.
just curious, this may be a newb question, but how do connect all the pieces of tube? are they welded or glued or what?
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Old 07-07-2009, 12:19 AM   #5
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its called brazing. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=brazing
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Old 07-07-2009, 07:15 AM   #6
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wow that looks pretty good! but do the tube chassis do better than stock?
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Old 07-07-2009, 01:47 PM   #7
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just curious, this may be a newb question, but how do connect all the pieces of tube? are they welded or glued or what?
Held together by bubblegum.........

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Old 07-07-2009, 02:18 PM   #8
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i have a ax 10 and i would like to put it over to a tube chassis what is a good working and a good looking chassis also one that is not stupid expensive

thank you
Check this one out, direct bolt on for AX10.

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Comes with Delrin skid, body panels and hardware.
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very nice lookin chassis how much
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Old 07-07-2009, 02:45 PM   #10
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very nice lookin chassis how much
75.00 plus 8.00 for shipping. And color choices are flat black, purple, orange or red. Body panels come unpainted. Made from 3/16" solid rod and TIG welded.
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Old 07-07-2009, 04:34 PM   #11
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The R2j, chassis is top notch. Plenty of room for mounting electronics and you can't get any others out there that come with skid, panels, and hardware for that price. One extra benefit with the R2j, chassis is that you don't have to take off the body panels just to move links and skids if you want to change something. I've beat the living daylights out of mine till the paint is hardly there and have NO problems or bends in anything. All the welds and support pieces are very well thought out.
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Although if I was going to buy a chassis now I would most likely get the R2j, but another pretty descent option is "The Edge" chassis from TCS.

http://www.tcscrawlers.com/ON-SALE-1...s-p-16621.html

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Old 07-07-2009, 09:44 PM   #13
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those chassis look good. but i don't like that fact that they're direct replacement. Maybe 'cause i can see the chassis plates as if they were stock with some tubes coming off of them... just me opinion.
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those chassis look good. but i don't like that fact that they're direct replacement. Maybe 'cause i can see the chassis plates as if they were stock with some tubes coming off of them... just me opinion.
Con-trair, mon-frair,,, The edge has chassis plates that mimic stock AX10 sides with the tube section attached to it. The R2j, chassis is "completely tubular man" (I've always wanted to say that.) with some mounting flats atached to them. Even the bastard jr. that's an "all tube chassis" still has mounting tabs welded to it for link mounting.
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Old 07-07-2009, 11:25 PM   #15
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its called brazing. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=brazing

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